Large Storage Vessel

6000 BC - 5500 BC
Clay
Banahilk
43 cm x 50 cm diam.
A65281A

Oriental Institute Museum

Large Storage Vessel

This is a fine example of an ancient clay storage vessel, decorated with colored clay slip. Found broken into many fragments (known as sherds), it may once have held oil or grain.



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Suggested Readings

Hunter, Erica. First Civilizations: Cultural Atlas for Young People. New York: Facts on File, 1994.

Kramer, Samuel Noah. Cradle of Civilization. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1967.

Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.